Joint Research on Economic Relations between CANADA and JAPAN from the viewpoint of Pacific Rim Economic Development

在国际联合调研计划的第二年，我们访问了加拿大，并在第一年的基础上与加拿大成员一起对那里的日本公司进行了调查。我们于1994年7月26日至8月12日访问了加拿大东部、艾伯塔省和不列颠哥伦比亚省。我们在多伦多拜访了加拿大工业部和加拿大联邦政府，调查了他们对日加经济问题的理解，北美自由贸易协定与环太平洋经济区的关系，以及日本公司的邀请政策。我们不仅收集了在日本很难获得的统计资料，还会见了国际经济部的官员。根据他们自己的认识，日加经济关系进入了转折点。首先，日本和加拿大的贸易关系一直是相互补充的关系，即从日本出口制造业产品，进口…材料从日本人的角度来看，更多的美国人和能源来自加拿大。而加拿大政府目前公布的“THD对日行动计划”，旨在扩大七大工业品对日出口和转移出口结构，并取得了成功的成果。其次，来自日本的直接投资已从西部各州的资源和能源转向东部各州的生产、金融和服务业。1993年，来自日本的直接投资项目有71个，总额达56.2亿美元。第三，近期国际经济形势的变化对日加经济关系产生了影响。1989年生效的《北美自由贸易协定》降低了日本对加拿大的直接投资的重要性，资源和能源行业除外。这一趋势已经持续了很长时间。另一方面，日本只是亚洲经济快速增长的中心之一，但根据加拿大政府报告《2000年太平洋新战略》，日本的相对重要性有所下降。日加贸易关系是：对日本的进出口均居第二位，仅次于美国，对加拿大的进口排在第九位，对加拿大的出口排在第十三位(1993年进入统计)。两国之间的经济关系将在未来发生变化，并增加彼此的重要性。我们参观了一些日本人在加拿大的营地。北美自由贸易协定签署后，日本制造企业重新审视了自己在北美市场的地位和作用。我们在加拿大的调查细节总结在以下文章中。较少

In the second year of our international joint research plan, we visited Canada, and carried out investigation about Japanese companies there with Canadian members based on the first year studies.We traveled in the eastern part of Canada, Alberta and British Columbia from 26 July to 12 August 1994. We called at Industry Canada, Canadian Federal Government, in Toronto and investigated their understandings of Japan-Canada economic problems, relationship between North America Free Trade Agreement and Rim-Paciffic Economy Zone, and invitation policies of Japan companies. And we did not only collect statistic materials which were hardly obtained in Japan, also met officials who belong to division of International Economy. According to their own recognitions, Japan-Canada economic relationship enters into turning point. In the first place, the trade relation between Japan and Canada has been mutual supplement relation, that is, export of manufacturing products from Japan and import of materia … More ls and energy from Canada, from Japanese point of view. But Canadian Government currently announced "Thd action plan to Japan" aiming at export expansion of seven major industry products to Japan and shift of export composition, and have had successful results. Secondly, direct investment from Japan have been shifting from resources and energy in the west states to production, finance, service business in the eastern states. In 1993 the number of direct investment from Japan is 71 projects and amounted to US$5.62 billion. In the third place, a change of recent international economy gives influence to the Japan-Canada economic relation. North America Free Trade Agreement that came into effect in 1989, has decreased importance of direct investments from Japan to Canada, except resources and energy industries. This tendency has been lasting for a long term. On the other hand, Japan is just one of centers in Asian economy growing up rapidly, but the relative importance has depreciated according to Canada Government report "The new strategy of Pacific, 2000". Trade relation of Japan-Canada is that both of the import to and export from Japan are tha second place, after US,for Canada, and the import to Canada is ninth place and export to Canada for Japan is the thirteenth place (The entry statistics, 1993). Economy relation between both countries will change and increase the importance for each other in the future.We visited some Japanese campanies in Canada. After North America Free Trade Agreement, Japanese manufacturing companies re-examined their position and role in North American market. The details of our investigation in Canada are summarized in following articles. Less